Double Pink Alert

For those reproduction fabric lovers, have you seen Charleston IV? It has a great range of double pinks, which I often find hard to source - maybe that's because I'm cheap and like to buy things on sale, and these fabrics always get snapped up... Anyway, have a look at this range if you are interested. I bought a few yesterday when I had to scratch a shopping itch with the money I made from selling my unwanted stash. They have them cheaper at Z & S, but they must have sold out of some as they are no longer showing the full range.

As I said, I did a little bit of BUY NOW button pushing yesterday which was fun. I bought some of the double pinks, and also a large piece of pink to finish off my 4 patch UFO. I will use the big piece for most of the setting squares, and add some of the new pinks in as well. I bought some other repros too, so I will start watching out for the Post Man in a weeks time. Oh and I bought 1/2 yard of Kona Solid red to replace my red fabric that had to go in the bin, so hopefully the dye will not run as I expect the quality will be a lot higher

I also bought these brights at the only local shop I buy from who were having 25% off their already very low prices. Thought I'd make some string blocks.

I'm still going on the Zig Zag quilt. I haven't finished the strip sets yet, but I'm getting there. Of course I'm making the biggest size quilt (is there no hope for me?), and I have been thinking about how I am going to most easily do the next step. Once you finish the strip sets you cut them into 1 1/2 inch pieces, then sew them together offsetting them by 1 inch. The original size of the yellow strip is 1 1/2 inch, so with seam allowance that makes it a smidgen bigger than 1 1/4. I wanted to figure out a way to eyeball it, not have to draw a line or anything, and I think I've figured it out today.

The bottom one is right but the top one is a bit off. It might seem like I'm being fiddly, but when you have all the strips together, you have to slice off the points of the yellow 1/4 inch from the edge of the coloured bits, so there isn't a lot of room to manouver. I am thinking positively, as there are a hell of a lot of the little suckers to sew together!

By the way, the maroon jumper is finished too - good on ya Mum. Mum sewed it together and we posted it from her place yesterday so I don't have a photo of it. Myabe my sister will take one when it arrives. I've decided that I like knitting, but I don't have the staying power to finish anything that takes a bit of time.